All About the Republican National Convention in Cleveland July 18th -July 21st

[sean miguel]

Put your fist down idiot. But thanx for being a pathetic, cheerleading suckup. BC needs that sort of thing (constantly).

And you too: Read the Fucking Topic before posting. hick (and yes, that's hick with a small "h").

No, seriously, that had to be the most epic retort posted in these forums. If you weren't on the receiving end of it, you'd agree.

 

[Mayhem]

Put your fist down idiot. But thanx for being a pathetic, cheerleading suckup. BC needs that sort of thing (constantly).

And you too: Read the Fucking Topic before posting. hick (and yes, that's hick with a small "h").

It's ^^^^ right there, and I took an additional three seconds to do this. But I still can't pull you aboard. You'd rather lick BC's balls than say anything at all about the....hold it a minute....double checking....yep, it''s still there.....Republican National Convention in Cleveland July 18th -July 21st

 

[sean miguel]

Put your fist down idiot. But thanx for being a pathetic, cheerleading suckup. BC needs that sort of thing (constantly).

and by "*pumps fists*" I was mocking iceman and his cheerleading of you (hence the quotes).

you're no one to be cheerleading.

 

[Supafly]

It's ^^^^ right there, and I took an additional three seconds to do this. But I still can't pull you aboard. You'd rather lick BC's balls than say anything at all about the....hold it a minute....double checking....yep, it''s still there.....Republican National Convention in Cleveland July 18th -July 21st

Thank you. It looks like the heated times are driving all the nutjobs wild.

 

[Mayhem]

and by "*pumps fists*" I was mocking iceman and his cheerleading of you (hence the quotes).

you're no one to be cheerleading.

OK, great. Point of Order: How does you, licking BC's balls by imitating Iceman, shed any light on the.....wait for it....Republican National Convention in Cleveland July 18th -July 21st?

 

[pool_hustler]

Multiple choice question:
Who very recently said this?

"We reach out our arms with understanding and compassion to those who have lost loved ones because of police shootings, some justified, some unjustified"

A) Barack Obama
B) Rudy Giuliani

Nobody wants to tackle this? Really?
OK. In that case maybe someone could explain to us why when Obama and Guliani express such strikingly similar things (apart from Rudy's choice of words being less measured than Obama's) Obama is branded as a cop hating, white hating, race baiting disgrace to the nation with blood on his hands...while Rudy is hailed as a champion of the police; of law and order; and a republican icon.

 

[zeeblofowl_1969]

Nobody wants to tackle this? Really?
OK. In that case maybe someone could explain to us why when Obama and Guliani express such strikingly similar things (apart from Rudy's choice of words being less measured than Obama's) Obama is branded as a cop hating, white hating, race baiting disgrace to the nation with blood on his hands...while Rudy is hailed as a champion of the police; of law and order; and a republican icon.

Because the right is so caught up in their own rhetoric and deciet they no longer can see the Forrest through the trees.

 

[xfire]

Nobody wants to tackle this? Really?
OK. In that case maybe someone could explain to us why when Obama and Guliani express such strikingly similar things (apart from Rudy's choice of words being less measured than Obama's) Obama is branded as a cop hating, white hating, race baiting disgrace to the nation with blood on his hands...while Rudy is hailed as a champion of the police; of law and order; and a republican icon.

It's because of the "R" or "D" that dangles after their names. Big shock, the same sort of "lies" the far right accuse Obama of are the same sort of lies they forgave George W. for, and conversely the same lies the left accused George W. of they forgive when they come from Obama. I posited the question, "How much time at the GOP convention has been devoted to campaigning against Obama instead of Hillary?", it's pointless to campaign against Obama, and for the most part the GOP strategy has been to ignore him which is really a good choice, stick to the attacks on Hillary, the dangling "D" remains, and that's really all that matters.

 

[BCsSecretAlias]

I thought pool hustler's question was rhetorical.

 

[xfire]

I thought pool hustler's question was rhetorical.

Pool Hustler's question could be used as a textbook example of rhetorical question.

 

[Mayhem]

Cruz defends Trump non-endorsement

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...gingrich-gives-endorsement-on-his-behalf.html

A defiant Ted Cruz on Thursday defended his decision not to endorse Donald Trump in his convention address, holding his ground during remarks to the Texas delegation.

Even as some chanted “Trump, Trump,” Cruz doubled down, saying he doesn’t plan to endorse.

And he criticized those delegates who booed him Wednesday night.

“It was somewhat dismaying, but apparently some of Donald’s biggest partisans right down front, when they heard that people should vote for someone you can trust to defend their freedom … immediately they began booing,’ he said. “That’s a little bit troubling what they’re saying.”

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was booed off the Republican National Convention stage Wednesday night after he delivered a speech that stopped short of endorsing presidential nominee Donald Trump — telling convention delegates instead to "vote your conscience."

Party officials immediately slammed Cruz, with one calling the speech "classless," while a senior GOP operative on the convention floor told Fox News: "I could not believe it. I literally could not believe [Cruz] didn't endorse Trump. I'm speechless."

Cruz, a rival of Trump's during primary season — and widely believed to already be eying a 2020 presidential run — was interrupted several times during the speech with angry chants of “endorse Trump, endorse Trump,” with the voices of discontent nearly drowning him out when Trump himself entered the Quicken Loans Arena as Cruz was finishing his speech.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who spoke later in the evening, departed from his prepared text to attempt to recast Cruz's remarks as an endorsement of Trump.

Gingrich, a strong Trump supporter, noted what he described as the real estate mogul's "generosity" in allowing Cruz to address the delegates in Cleveland and said that the audience had "misunderstood" the point of the speech.

"So to paraphrase Ted Cruz," Gingrich added, "the only way to protect that is to vote for the Trump/Pence ticket."

A source close to Cruz's inner circle acknowledged to Fox News that the end of the speech "was tough, but sometimes standing for principle means getting booed."

"It's not classless to compliment Trump for winning," the source added. "It's not classless to highlight areas of policy where they can work together like border security, trade or fighting ISIS. It's not classless to call on all his supporters to not stay home, but turn out.”

The speech overshadowed what was supposed to be a coming out party for Trump’s vice presidential running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.

Pence nevertheless delivered just what the Trump campaign hoped he would — a measured but forceful message that set the tone for the general election campaign, while assuring voters that Trump was the best option for America, and the conservative choice.

Drawing a sharp contrast between Trump and Hillary Clinton and calling 2016 a “time for choosing,” Pence echoed the message of party leaders the night before: It’s Trump or Clinton in November, so pick a side.

“The choice couldn’t be more clear. Americans can elect someone who literally personifies the failed establishment in Washington, D.C., or we can choose a leader who will fight every day to make America great again,” Pence said.

He added, “It’s change versus status quo, and my fellow Republicans, when Donald Trump becomes president of the United States of America the change will be huge.”

Pence appealed to voters Wednesday to “resolve here and now that Hillary Clinton will never become president of the United States of America.”

Calling Trump the “genuine article” and a “winner” who “never backs down,” he also said Trump is the candidate to confront radical Islam, cut taxes, grow the economy, shrink the bureaucracy, enforce immigration law and appoint Supreme Court justices who will uphold the Constitution.

After the program came to a close, Trump -- who was in attendance -- weighed in on the Cruz controversy.

Wow, Ted Cruz got booed off the stage, didn't honor the pledge! I saw his speech two hours early but let him speak anyway. No big deal!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 21, 2016

One more source of amusement. Cruz made a pledge and Trump attacked Cruz's wife...and Cruz is the piece of shit for standing by his wife instead of the hokey-ass pledge. Utterly priceless.

And the highlighted passage does speak volumes.

 

[Mayhem]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-s-on-the-defensive/578fcbf9cd96926bdf5624cd/

Another Texan asked him how he could go back on his pledge, made during a Fox News debate last summer in the very arena where he delivered his speech last night, to support whomever wins the GOP nomination.

Cruz said Trump “abrogated” the pledge with “personal” attacks on his wife’s looks and by suggesting that his dad was somehow involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. “I’m not in the habit of supporting people who attack my wife and attack my father,” he said, “and that pledge was not a blanket commit that if you go and slander and attack Heidi that I’m going to come like a servile puppy dog and say, 'Thank you very much for maligning my wife and maligning my father.'"

 

[pool_hustler]

Cruz made a pledge and Trump attacked Cruz's wife...and Cruz is the piece of shit for standing by his wife instead of the hokey-ass pledge. Utterly priceless.

Yep. Wife and father.

Gingrich's attempt at damage control was also pretty amusing.

Pence: “It’s change versus status quo, and my fellow Republicans, when Donald Trump becomes president of the United States of America the change will be huge.”

It wasn't enough to rip part of Michelle's speech? Now they're using Obama's whole hopey changey thing too? lol
Sounds like they may even intend to fundamentally transform America! omg! Where's HUAC when we need them?

 

[Straight Shooter]

The message I got from the 2016 RNC is that America sucks. It's been 4 days of shitting on America. Hopefully there will be a more patriotic message next week at the DNC

 

[BCsSecretAlias]

Yep. Wife and father.

Gingrich's attempt at damage control was also pretty amusing.

Pence: “It’s change versus status quo, and my fellow Republicans, when Donald Trump becomes president of the United States of America the change will be huge.”

It wasn't enough to rip part of Michelle's speech? Now they're using Obama's whole hopey changey thing too? lol
Sounds like they may even intend to fundamentally transform America! omg! Where's HUAC when we need them?

The Hope and Change mantra was first wheeled out in 1992 by Bill Clinton.

 

[pool_hustler]

The Hope and Change mantra was first wheeled out in 1992 by Bill Clinton.

Ah ok. I either wasn't aware of or had forgotten that.
But it's all the worse if the GOP is borrowing if from their current opponent

The message I got from the 2016 RNC is that America sucks.

Well you know; muslim, Kenyan, communist, intellectual, fake birth certificate, multiple social security numbers. won't wear a flag pin, lies about Columbia and Harvard, Obamaphones, gay people doing icky things within the bonds of sacred [50% failure rate] marriage, record unemployment, corporate profits decimated, terrorist leader/sympathizer, thousands dead from terror attacks on our soil, confiscated our guns, hater of the military, hater of cops, hater of Christians, hater of white people...how could it not suck? :crying:

 

[BCsSecretAlias]

Well, gays haven't had enough of a track record in the whole marriage thing to actually put up real numbers. Give it about 20 years and their divorce rate will match or exceed heteros. While not ready to call this election for anyone, I believe Trump has a real shot on November 8th. As for your snarky remarks about conservatives opposing gay marriage, it was only 7.5 years ago that Hillary and Obama both thought it was icky.

 

[Straight Shooter]

Well, gays haven't had enough of a track record in the whole marriage thing to actually put up real numbers. Give it about 20 years and their divorce rate will match or exceed heteros. While not ready to call this election for anyone, I believe Trump has a real shot on November 8th. As for your snarky remarks about conservatives opposing gay marriage, it was only 7.5 years ago that Hillary and Obama both thought it was icky.

I agree. Anyone who says he has no shot at winning is delusional and is living in a bubble. But what % are you giving him to win? I think HRC is going to win but I think she has like a 60% chance of winning

 

[zeeblofowl_1969]

I agree. Anyone who says he has no shot at winning is delusional and is living in a bubble. But what % are you giving him to win? I think HRC is going to win but I think she has like a 60% chance of winning

Just don't see how or where he is going to get more votes.
Latinos. blacks, and the ladies hate him in droves???
There are only so many angry white males in this world.

 

[BCsSecretAlias]

I agree. Anyone who says he has no shot at winning is delusional and is living in a bubble. But what % are you giving him to win? I think HRC is going to win but I think she has like a 60% chance of winning

I think it is about even at the moment. There are a lot of intangibles in the election.

I am convinced Trump has voters not showing up on the electorate radar.

Gonna be interesting on election night
I think we could have another popular vote winner losing the election scenario.